Table 3

Effect of Peperomia pellucida aqueous extract (EA) p.o. on rat paw edema induced by carragenaan on different plant phases, during winter.

Treatment
Rat paw volumes after 1, 2, 3, and 4 h after Carrageenan injection (mL) mean ± SEM (individual % inhibition)
Edema % inhibition


1 h
2 h
3 h
4 h


Control
0.463 ± 0.037
0.731 ± 0.085
0.819 ± 0.062
0.642 ± 0.049
-
Indomethacin 10
0.080 ± 0.011** (82.7)
0.144 ± 0.018** (80.3)
0.232 ± 0.052** (71.7)
0.150 ± 0.059** (76.6)
77.2
Phenophase 1
0.232 ± 0.063* (49.9)
0.355 ± 0.035* (51.4)
0.552 ± 0.038* (32.6)
0.399 ± 0.036* (37.9)
42.0
Phenophase 2
0.241 ± 0.039* (47.9)
0.469 ± 0.040* (35.8)
0.547 ± 0.024* (33.2)
0.442 ± 0.031* (31.2)
36.7
Phenophase 3
0.412 ± 0.035 (11.0)
0.532 ± 0.050 (27.2)
0.621 ± 0.066 (24.2)
0.527 ± 0.047 (17.9)
21.1
Phenophase 4
0.257 ± 0.064 (44.5)
0.414 ± 0.074* (43.5)
0.355 ± 0.061* (56.7)
0.469 ± 0.066 (26.9)
36.9

Statistical significance: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 Vs control

Arrigoni-Blank et al. BMC Pharmacology 2002 2:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2210-2-12